https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/503685-protesters-tear-down-statues-of-union-general-ulysses-s-grant-national
Protestors in San Francisco on Friday toppled the statue of former President Ulysses S. Grant, who led the Union Army during the Civil War, in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco police said that around 400 people gathered around 8 p.m. to take the statue down, though no arrests were made, according to NBC Bay Area.
My question...
Why aren't the police doing their job?
@caesar-salad saidThe answer is easy enough to see. The police in San Francisco support the destruction of public property. Anyone trying to stop it would get arrested.
How the hell should we know? Why don't you ask the San Fran police directly?
20 Jun 20
@eladar saidThe San Fran police don't support the destruction, they just know they will not be supported by the libtard politicians if they stop it. They've probably been ordered not to stop it.
The answer is easy enough to see. The police in San Francisco support the destruction of public property. Anyone trying to stop it would get arrested.
20 Jun 20
@caesar-salad saidI doubt any statues will ever be put back up again.
Yeah, maybe the answer is to just let the hooligans take the statues down, wait a while, then put the statues back up again.
Like dealing with cats who knock things off shelves.
20 Jun 20
@eladar saidIt's kinda dumb to take such statutes down but not worth a police riot to stop such trivial violations.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/503685-protesters-tear-down-statues-of-union-general-ulysses-s-grant-national
Protestors in San Francisco on Friday toppled the statue of former President Ulysses S. Grant, who led the Union Army during the Civil War, in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco police said that around 400 people gathered around 8 p.m. to take the statue do ...[text shortened]... ere made, according to NBC Bay Area.
My question...
Why aren't the police doing their job?
20 Jun 20
@no1marauder saidDestroying public property and historic monuments is not a trivial violation.
It's kinda dumb to take such statutes down but not worth a police riot to stop such trivial violations.
20 Jun 20
@dood111 saidIt's not worth tear gassing, shooting rubber bullets and beating people to stop them from tearing down a municipally owned statute. At least that's what the San Francisco authorities have deemed and they have the lawful discretion to make such decisions.
Destroying public property and historic monuments is not a trivial violation.
20 Jun 20
@eladar saidWhat would you have them do? Kill all 400 protesters? Would that satisfy you?
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/503685-protesters-tear-down-statues-of-union-general-ulysses-s-grant-national
Protestors in San Francisco on Friday toppled the statue of former President Ulysses S. Grant, who led the Union Army during the Civil War, in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco police said that around 400 people gathered around 8 p.m. to take the statue do ...[text shortened]... ere made, according to NBC Bay Area.
My question...
Why aren't the police doing their job?
20 Jun 20
@eladar said"Protesters... toppled the statue of former president Ulysses S. Grant, who led the Union Army during the Civil War"
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/503685-protesters-tear-down-statues-of-union-general-ulysses-s-grant-national
Protestors in San Francisco on Friday toppled the statue of former President Ulysses S. Grant, who led the Union Army during the Civil War, in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco police said that around 400 people gathered around 8 p.m. to take the statue do ...[text shortened]... ere made, according to NBC Bay Area.
My question...
Why aren't the police doing their job?
Okay, I give up. What am I missing here?
The protesters are angry with efforts to keep AND abolish slavery?
@lemon-lime saidApparently Grant owned a slave at one point. And he wrote in 1863: "“I never was an abolitionist, Grant wrote to his friend and patron, Elihu Washburne, in 1863, “not even what could be called anti-slavery…”
"Protesters... toppled the statue of former president Ulysses S. Grant, who led the Union Army during the Civil War"
Okay, I give up. What am I missing here?
The protesters are angry with efforts to keep AND abolish slavery?
https://acwm.org/blog/myths-misunderstandings-grant-slaveholder/
I guess that group of protestors find that insufficient opposition to slavery to justify a public statute.
20 Jun 20
@no1marauder saidOh well OK let's just let them do whatever the eff they want.
It's not worth tear gassing, shooting rubber bullets and beating people to stop them from tearing down a municipally owned statute. At least that's what the San Francisco authorities have deemed and they have the lawful discretion to make such decisions.
So where would YOU draw the line?